Hello everyone! I’m a young designer who has just started using TouchDesigner for my Design thesis project.
I’m running into some issues. Basically, I’m trying to connect 6 Text TOPs with white lines, where the positions of the texts change according to the variation of a Noise CHOP with 12 channels (X and Y for each text).
However, I’m struggling to find a way to connect them. If anyone has any suggestions or advice, it would truly be a lifesaver.
I’ve attached a link to the video my team and I are drawing inspiration from (although we are fully aware we’ll never reach that level):
instead of using TOPs and compositing, try to approach the whole thing as a 3D render utilizing GeoText COMPs and instancing the connecting lines.
There is a few things to consider, like will all text be connected, do you need to draw n x n connections, and are you connecting to the center of the text or below it etc…
Make sure to make use of the OP Snippets, there is great information in there - especially on how to make good use of the Geo Text COMP or Instancing examples for the connecting lines. Attached is a component that solves part of the connecting line issue… at least this is a “many to one” solution that can be extended to a “many to many” solution.
